Ricoh Aficio MP2500 Toner Cartridges Printer Review

Expert review of the Ricoh Aficio MP2500 printer14 February 2013

Our Verdict:

Packed with great features, the Ricoh Aficio MP2500 offers the multifunctionality that most office users want and need. This device offers printing, copying, scanning, and faxing, at decent rates. The Ricoh MP2500 black and white copier averages 25 ppm, which is not as impressive as other units that can go as high as 85 ppm, but is still very reliable. The Ricoh Aficio MP2500 multifunction copier has a good enough print resolution of up to 600x600 dpi, which ensures sharp and refined printing, especially when it comes to text. Unfortunately, the unit does not offer colour support.

Design

The Ricoh Aficio MP2500 printer is compact and very well designed for group sharing. It has a built-in Ethernet port for networking and USB and parallel ports for single-user configuration. The Ricoh Aficio MP2500 copier features G3 capabilities, allowing fast transmission speeds of only 3 seconds per page. It has an ADF that can accommodate up to 50 sheets for multiple-page processing.

Advantages

In addition to its fast print speeds and decent print quality, the Ricoh Aficio MP2500 laser copier boasts good memory capacity, which can be maximised to as high as 384 MB. The Ricoh MP2500 mono laser printer even has upgradeable features like the finishing unit and 46 GB hard drive. Additionally, the MP2500 multifunction printer has a short wait time of only six seconds before the first page comes out. Consumers will be pleased with the low output costs which are courtesy of the low-cost Ricoh MP2500 toner and its large capacity of 10,500 copies.

Disadvantages

The Aficio MP2500 fails to impress when it comes to printing capabilities as it does not support colour production. The same is true with copying, though the scanner can save coloured images.